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2006-08-20 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Ordinary Iranians fearful as prospect of sanctions looms

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Posted by lotp 2006-08-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11137 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Has Iran ever expressed any logical reason for preferring nuclear fuel over oil for electricity generation? Is there some reason they haven't explicitly expressed that we should know about? Pollution, perhaps?

Posted by gorb 2006-08-20 01:50|| 2006-08-20 01:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Stop bellyaching, you'll love the drive of a Russian car.

Posted by Perfesser 2006-08-20 05:35|| 2006-08-20 05:35|| Front Page Top

#3 T-2 days. Wonder what they'll think of sanctions come Wednesday morning?

Posted by Tony (UK) 2006-08-20 10:25|| 2006-08-20 10:25|| Front Page Top

#4 The problem is that this is coming from the urban areas. When the farmers and villagers start belly-aching, then the government is in trouble.

Posted by Fordesque 2006-08-20 12:02|| 2006-08-20 12:02|| Front Page Top

#5 a young graduate student was even more worried. Sanctions mean isolation, said the student of metallurgy who preferred not to give his name, just like what happened in Iraq before, and in North Korea now.

Refreshing, a very astute lad I'd say.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-08-20 12:05|| 2006-08-20 12:05|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm told by co-workers with family still there that there's two tiers in Iran society. This guy quoted is one of the educated, the middle-upper class. They bear much of the brunt from the mullah's policies, socially and politically. The base of support for the MM's is the uneducated populace. When they lose them, the MM's will only hold power by the barrel of a gun, a la Mugabe

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-08-20 12:10|| 2006-08-20 12:10|| Front Page Top

#7 There are many good people there. During the Pahlavi regime, Fort Bragg sent many mobile training teams to Iran to assist their army. It was said to be a pretty damn good tour. No reminder required regarding the termination of that effort.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-08-20 12:15|| 2006-08-20 12:15|| Front Page Top

#8 Okay, okay...we'll make that Mini-sanctions.

The on-going military training ops you have going on has made many of our MSM and Congressional patriots (as well as roughly 50% the USA civilian population)decide to rethink this issue. Surely, common ground can be found in this quagmire!
asymmetrical triangulation (at)

Posted by at 2006-08-20 19:13|| 2006-08-20 19:13|| Front Page Top

#9 The entire thing about nuclear power is a farce. Nuclear energy requires water - tons of water - for cooling. You can't build a nuclear power plant in a desert (unless you're Israel, and willing to pump the water a hundred miles or more). Now, if they want to build nuclear power plants along the coast, and use the excess heat to run desalination plants, I could believe that. The rest is just bulls$$$.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-08-20 20:31|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-08-20 20:31|| Front Page Top

#10 During the Pahlavi regime, Fort Bragg sent many mobile training teams to Iran to assist their army. It was said to be a pretty damn good tour. No reminder required regarding the termination of that effort.

As a young techie I had an offer to spend 24 months in Teheran working on an Iranian system parallel to the one I'd worked on for the JCS command center. Great salary and benefits, travel etc. Husband flat refused to go. I thought about it for a while (no kids at that point) and eventually agreed to turn it down, although I would have come home w/ enough savings for a townhouse.

18 months into what would have been my contract term the Shah fell. I'm still not sure if it was good or bad that I didn't go, but we've been married 32 years now FWIW. ;-)

Posted by lotp 2006-08-20 20:35|| 2006-08-20 20:35|| Front Page Top

#11 That's worth a lot.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-08-20 20:58|| 2006-08-20 20:58|| Front Page Top

#12 Much like the old NRA bumpersticker that says:

FORGET THE DOG, BEWARE THE OWNER

Apropos Iran:

FORGET THE SANCTIONS, BEWARE THE BOMBS

Posted by Zenster 2006-08-20 21:39|| 2006-08-20 21:39|| Front Page Top

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